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A day in the life of a teenager in medieval Baghdad - Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
Join siblings Hisham and Asma in medieval Baghdad as they prepare and gather supplies for the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.
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It’s 791 CE. As the …
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The passage across the high wire - Philippe Petit
Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at a…
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How did feathers come to be? - Carl Zimmer
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To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long…
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Who owns the "wilderness"? - Elyse Cox
Explore the creation of national parks and the importance of finding a balance between public use and ecological preservation.
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In 1903, US President…
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One of the most prohibited books of all time - Mollie Godfrey
Explore why Maya Angelou’s memoir “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” became one of the most frequently banned books of all time.
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In 1998, a school di…
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Vomit, poop, and small cockroaches: How the leafcutter ant queen runs her farm - Charles Wallace
Take a look inside the leafcutter ant colony as a queen begins her reign and the ants work to sustain their supply of fungus.
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In a Texas clearing, a…
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A day in the life of the oracle of Delphi - Mark Robinson
Follow Aristonike, an Oracle-in-training in Delphi, as she studies to become the Pythia and communicate Apollo’s will and prophecies.
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As the sun ris…
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Can you solve the Trojan War riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd
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On Olympus, you’ve been waiting for an opportunity to bring the bloody Trojan War to it…
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What's yet to explore? - Nathan Wolfe
We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation …
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Sometimes it's valuable to release the driver's seat - Baba Shiv
Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy. This may e…
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